A former Fresno County deputy who shot his sergeant to death in an investigations unit office was found not guilty of involuntary manslaughter Thursday. The defendant, Jared Mullis, wept as the verdict was read, The Fresno Bee reported. At the same time, family members and supporters of slain Sgt. Rod...
California Warehouse Fire Limps on After Hung Jury
OAKLAND — An emotionally taxing criminal case over the deaths of 36 people trapped in a fire inside a San Francisco Bay Area warehouse nearly three years ago will continue after a jury acquitted one defendant and deadlocked on the other. Jurors deliberated over a two-week period before they acquitted...